Tutorial: Conditions in bash scripting (if statements)
If you use bash for scripting you will undoubtedly have to use conditions a lot, for example for an if ... then construct or a while loop. The syntax of these conditions can seem a bit daunting to learn and use. This tutorial aims to help the reader understanding conditions in bash, and provides a comprehensive list of the possibilities. A small amount of general shell knowledge is assumed.
Difficulty: Basic - Medium read more
Cropping multiple images the same way (short tutorial)
Sometimes you'll want to crop the same area from multiple images (think of taking the contents of the same window from a load of screenshots). Of course, you could fire up your favourite image editor to select and crop over and over, but, as usual, there is a better way. This short tutorial describes an efficient way to do this for a theoretically infinite amount of images.
Difficulty: Basic - Medium read more
Tutorial: Disabling unused daemons to speed up your boot sequence
Many Linux distros usually start a lot of daemons when booting, resulting in a long wait before you can get to work after powering on your machine. Some of those daemons are rarely used (or even not al all) by the majority of users. This tutorial describes how to disable unused or rarely used daemons in a proper way, resulting in faster boot sequences and less CPU load. read more
Introduction: FLAC, the Free Lossless Audio Codec
This article tells about FLAC: what is it, why use it and how to use it? read more
Tutorial: The best tips & tricks for bash, explained
The bash shell is just amazing. There are so many tasks that can be simplified using its handy features. This tutorial tells about some of those features, explains what exactly they do and learns you how to use them.
Difficulty: Basic - Medium read more
Tutorial: Playing around with MPlayer
This tutorial handles about the usage of the wonderful media player MPlayer. It explains several options, lists some useful keyboard shortcuts and handles about tips and tricks that can be used to enhance your multimedia experience.
Difficulty: Basic read more
Introduction: Using diff and patch (tutorial)
The commands diff and patch form a powerful combination. They are widely used to get differences between original files and updated files in such a way that other people who only have the original files can turn them into the updated files with just a single patch file that contains only the differences. This tutorial explains the basics of how to use these great commands.
Difficulty: Medium read more
Troubleshooting ./configure, make and make install Tutorial
Sometimes, the typical sequence to compile a program doesn't work. It starts spitting out all kinds of errors and seems to do everything but compiling that annoying program already. What to do then? This tutorial describes how to get rid of many frequently occuring errors during a typical Linux compiling sequence.
Note: You should only compile software when you really need to do it. Compiling can be dangerous to your Linux installation. If you want to install some software, please look for a precompiled package (like a .rpm or a .deb) first. If you really need to compile, do it with care. read more
Lifetype Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tutorial
Although not really Linux-related, this tutorial should be a useful addition to this website. It describes in detail how to make the Lifetype blog system more Search Engine Friendly (SEF).
Difficulty: Medium read more
SSH and SCP: Howto, tips & tricks
This tutorial is about SSH and SCP. You will learn how to connect to a remote host and how to copy between hosts. This tutorial also documents a few important differences between the commands.
Difficulty: Basic read more
